Classical and quantum Hořava-Lifshitz cosmology in a minisuperspace perspective

DOI10.1007/S10714-013-1527-8zbMATH Open1271.83072arXiv1301.0809OpenAlexW2019240750MaRDI QIDQ354716FDOQ354716

V. Kord, B. Vakili

Publication date: 19 July 2013

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the classical and quantum models of a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmology in the framework of the gravity theory proposed by Hov{r}ava, the so-called Hov{r}ava-Lifshitz theory of gravity. Beginning with the ADM representation of the action corresponding to this model, we construct the Lagrangian in terms of the minisuperspace variables and show that in comparison with the usual Einstein-Hilbert gravity, there are some correction terms coming from the Hov{r}ava theory. Either in the matter free or in the case when the considered universe is filled with a perfect fluid, the exact solutions to the classical field equations are obtained for the flat, closed and open FRW model and some discussions about their possible singularities are presented. We then deal with the quantization of the model in the context of the Wheeler-DeWitt approach of quantum cosmology to find the cosmological wave function. We use the resulting wave functions to investigate the possibility of the avoidance of classical singularities due to quantum effects.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0809

zbMATH Keywords

quantum cosmologyclassical singularitiesEinstein-Hilbert gravityminisuperspace modelsWheeler-DeWitt approachHořava-Lifshitz cosmologyHořava theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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